This beautiful small mouth bass was my first catch of 2008 after only about 8 casts! It was a great way to start the season off. My good friend Bruce James took me out in his boat on Lake St. Claire this past Saturday morning. We fished for around 3 hours and caught 15. Not a bad outing if I say so.
Bruce loves to mess around with this little video camera he got, and made a little video commemorating the occasion. Check it out by clicking here.
Derrak
Name: 2.4 Ghx macbook
Height: 1.08 inch (2.75 cm)
Width: 12.78 inches (32.5 cm)
Depth: 8.92 inches (22.7 cm)
Weight: 5.0 pounds (2.27 kg)
Age: 1 month
It is about time for another post to catch you up on all the things going on in the Ostovic house. You can view all the latest pictures, including a trip to the Geauga County Maple Festival, by clicking here.
This picture to the left was one that I caught recently. The boys have started to play together which is really really fun. This particular moment was one of the first warm sunny days of the season and the boys loved it! They were having the best time playing together in the sun. You can see a little video of the moment by clicking below.
So far this year, life as an Ostovic has been very interesting. I took on a new role at Kensington this past fall working with the college ministry. As it turns out this new role was not really a good fit, and I have left the position, a little earlier than expected. So now I am looking for a new job.
I have found this time to be very bitter sweet. Bitter in that I am looking fora job and trying to provide for the family. Sweet in that it has drawn both Melanie and myself so close to God. Closer than we have ever been. There is something about being stripped down and remembering that EVERYTHING we have and are is provided by God’s hand. AND he is so faithful to provide.
So we wait and pray expectantly, longing to see where God will lead us.
Well, that is it for now. Till next time.
Derrak
Jackson absolutely LOVES the movie Cars from Disney’s Pixar Pictures. We were sitting around the dinner table tonight listening to the song “Our Town” by James Taylor from the movie. Melanie and I love this song. It has such a sense of nostalgia nestled in the reality of a changing world.
Anyway, Jackson all of the sudden began singing, and it was one of the most precious moments that I can remember in a long time. Often he will begin singing a song that we had no idea he knew the words to. This one caught us off guard. I do believe there were tears in our eyes. I tried to recreate the moment for you. I hope you enjoy it.
Click below to see the video.
This is from Jonathan Penn’s new album A Transient Warehouse of Damaged Goods. More to come in the form of a review, but take a listen to one of my initial favorites from the CD called, “Dead Flower”.
Planted seeds in a fertile mind
To grow a heart desperate to find
A garden of hope in a bed of my fears
When they bloom I harvest the blend
Flowers are fine, when they’re already dead
Can I relive these the rest of my years
Oh I never want to leave them behind
No I never want to leave them behind
Dipped in bronze and formaldehyde
Preserve the sent with a brand new gise
Packing a soul of beauty on ice
First hand turns the colors to grey
Second hand lets them all slip away
By the third all the beauty is lost
No I never want to leave them behind
Will I ever learn to leave them behind
Yes it’s true. For the longest time I have lived in denile, but I no longer can. Depite the fact that I do not NEED my coffee in the morning in order to function like a normal human being, I long for that smooth delicious drink that seems to bring peace and harmony to my life.
It didn’t help that the church where I work put in a coffee shop in our building that is open during the week, and gives me a 20% discount on every purchase!! Damn them. On top of that their coffee is really good.
At any rate my friend Jonathan Penn commented on an article posted on a daily news site I had never herd of called Slate. Turns out it is a really great place for news and infromation of all kinds. I highly recommend it and will now make it s regular stop on my web surfing adventures.
On Slate I read a really interesting article about the effect Starbucks has on Mom and Pop coffee shops. Turns out something really surprising happens when a Starbucks moves in next store! You can read more by clicking here. I also learned that new coffee shops have only a 10% failure rate. (this is really amazing) In addition it only cost around 14 cents to make a cup of coffee after labor. This is something like a 400% markup!!!! WOW!!! I think I am going to find the nearest Starbucks and open up my own ceffee shop right next door.
Derrak
Well the big little man just had his 4 month checkup. He is officially 1/4 of an inch away from being too bog for his car seat! yikes! I guess Melanie and I like to grow our big. Evan is really doing well though. No complaints here. He is eats and sleep very well, and for the most part puts up with the thunder cloud. (That is our new nickname for jack!) As always you can click on the pictures here for a larger view.
Derrak
